tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post1771713776409183154..comments2024-03-25T10:50:11.187-07:00Comments on Gods and Foolish Grandeur: Bleu céruléen, bleu céleste, bleu turquoiseStephiliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-84259601980610537402016-03-16T07:24:41.328-07:002016-03-16T07:24:41.328-07:00Thank you for the portrait of Princess Margherita ...Thank you for the portrait of Princess Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna di Savoia, later Queen Consort of Italy, by Eleuterio Pagliano, 1870. The resemblance to portraits of Marie Antoinette is remarkable, though not surprising, given that she was a great, great, grand-niece of MA through both her father and her mother's lines each of whom is descended from one of Marie Antoinette's sisters, Maria Carolina and Marie Amelie of Austria. Photographs of Queen Margherita show us how Marie Antoinette may have looked, especially had she lived longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-82445505631430536332016-03-11T09:31:05.132-08:002016-03-11T09:31:05.132-08:00Very interesting how an invention (albeit somethin...Very interesting how an invention (albeit something as lowly as fabric dye) can have an impact on so many aspects of life. Mary xohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067582719869772409noreply@blogger.com